I've never really enjoyed passive forms of entertainment. I find that the best way to unwind at the end of a long day is to do something active. The minute I get home from work, I put on my trainers and go for a run in the park. It really gets rid of all the tension that builds up in me through the day. I go to the gym four times a week, too. My friends don't understand why I don't just lounge in front of the TV like they do, but the truth is that I just don't feel relaxed when I'm sitting around doing nothing.
Speaker 2
This machine has got to be the best thing I’ve ever bought. It was expensive, of course, but it was worth every penny. Nowl spend almost all my free time watdring films. I had a video before, of course, but this is the next step up and much better. The quality is fantastic, for a start, and you also get interviews with the actors, and information about the making of the film, which you never get on videos. The digital quality is just so much better than videos, and of course the discs don’t take up nearly as much room. My favourite way to relax in the evenings these days is to curl up on the sofa with the remote in my hand.
Speaker 3
I was never a big fan of modern technology until I bought my computer and got online. Now I spend most of my evenings checking out different websites - just surfing, you know. There's so much information out there - it’s amazing. I’ve learnt so many new things and I've even made some new friends in the chatrooms I’ve visited. Some people say that it's an antisocial way of passing the time, but I don't agree. My social life has improved, actually. I've found lots of brilliant sites and I've learnt all sorts of things that I never knew before. Speaker 4
It might seem a bit old—fashioned in this world of computers and high-tech gadgets, but I have to say that I prefer to make my own entertainment. My family agree with me. We hardly ever watch television and we don’t even own a computer. in the evenings, when the kids have finished their homework and we've all had dinner, we usually get together and play something fun. I think it's better for the kids. They can practise their spelling with Scrabble, and they learn all kinds of useful facts when we play Trivial Pursuit. It's a great way to improve your general knowledge. It's relaxing, but it exercises our brains at the same time.
Speaker 5
My mum bought me this for my birthday and now I hardly ever put it down. I think it's much better than a computer because you can take it everywhere with you. I’ve got loads of games for it, and l swop them with my friends at school, so I get to play lots of different things and I never get bored. I find it very relaxing. | just sit and play with it in my room after scth and at the weekends. I'm always trying to beat my last score for each game and to get a higher score than all of my friends.